FEMORAL NERVE NEURILEMOMA IN THE ILIAC FOSSA

Authors
SMEDH K OLAISON G NYSTROM PO HILLMAN J SJODAHL R
Citation
K. Smedh et al., FEMORAL NERVE NEURILEMOMA IN THE ILIAC FOSSA, Annales chirurgiae et gynaecologiae, 82(1), 1993, pp. 63-65
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology",Surgery
Journal title
Annales chirurgiae et gynaecologiae → ACNP
ISSN journal
03559521
Volume
82
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
63 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0355-9521(1993)82:1<63:FNNITI>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A rare case of femoral nerve neurilemmoma in the right iliac fossa, pr esenting as a firm tumour with local discomfort, is described. Modern imaging techniques could not differentiate the tumour. At explorative laparotomy the tumour was identified as a neurilemmoma of the femoral nerve and enucleated. The diagnosis should be borne in mind in cases o f retroperitoneal tumours of unclear origin. Inappropriate surgery res ults in nerve damage and paralysis.